Wiper vs Sweeper - What's the difference?
wiper | sweeper |
someone who wipes
* Robert Browning, The Pied Piper of Hamelin
something, such as a towel, that is used for wiping
something, such as a windscreen wiper, that is designed for wiping
a movable electric contact in some device
(nautical) A junior role in the engine room of a ship, someone who wipes down machinery and generally keeps it clean.
One who sweeps floors or chimneys
A detector (for mines)
A small, tropical marine perciform fish of the family , typically with deeply keeled, compressed bodies and large eyes.
(football) A defender who is the last line of defence before the goalkeeper
(curling) A person who sweeps the ice ahead of the rock in play.
(cricket) A batsman who plays sweep shots
(cricket) A fielding position along the boundary; a fielder in this position
A tree that has fallen over a river with branches extending into the water.
* ..tree will be hanging over the water about canoe level (a sweeper )..
* So named because they can sweep passengers from a boat, they can also capsize a canoe, especially when paddlers lean too far away from the sweeper ..
As nouns the difference between wiper and sweeper
is that wiper is someone who wipes while sweeper is one who sweeps floors or chimneys.wiper
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(en noun)- So, Willy, let you and me be wipers / Of scores out with all men — especially pipers!
sweeper
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(en noun)Basic Essentials Canoe Paddling, 3rd - Page 62
River Running: Canoeing, Kayaking, Rowing, Rafting - Page 102
